Lilyhammer

Lilyhammer
Lilyhammer poster
GenreCrime
Comedy drama
Black comedy
Created byAnne Bjørnstad
Eilif Skodvin
Written byAnne Bjørnstad
Eilif Skodvin
Steven Van Zandt
Directed bySimen Alsvik
Geir Henning Hopland
Lisa Marie Gamlem
Ole Endresen
Øystein Karlsen
Tuva Novotny
Steven Van Zandt
StarringSteven Van Zandt
Trond Fausa Aurvåg
Steinar Sagen
Marian Saastad Ottesen
Sven Nordin
Kyrre Hellum
Anne Krigsvoll
Henrik Mestad
Theme music composerStevie Van Zandt[1]
Opening theme"Lilyhammer Nocturne"[2]
ComposersFrans Bak (season 1)[3]
Steven Van Zandt[1]
Country of originNorway
United States
Original languagesEnglish
Norwegian
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSteven Van Zandt
Lasse Hallberg
ProducersAgnete Thuland
Trond Berg-Nilsen
Anders Tangen
Production locationsLillehammer
New York metro area
Rio de Janeiro
CinematographyJohan-Fredrik Bødtker
Jakob Ingimundarson
Running time43–58 minutes
Production companiesRubicon TV
Renegade TV
Original release
NetworkNRK1 (Norway)
Netflix (United States)
Release25 January 2012 (2012-01-25) –
17 December 2014 (2014-12-17)
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Lilyhammer is a crime comedy-drama television series starring Steven Van Zandt about a former New York–based gangster named Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano trying to start a new life in isolated Lillehammer, Norway. The first season premiered on Norwegian NRK1 on 25 January 2012[4] with a record audience of 998,000 viewers (one fifth of Norway's population),[5][6] and premiered on Netflix in North America on 6 February 2012, with all eight episodes available in full for streaming on the service.[7] Lilyhammer was promoted as "the first time Netflix offered exclusive content".[1]

The spelling of the series title alludes to Tagliano's dog Lily, killed in the first episode during an attempt on Tagliano's life, and the way that Tagliano and some other anglophones pronounce the town's name.[8] The series produced three seasons; the final episode aired 17 December 2014. On 22 July 2015, Van Zandt posted on Twitter that the series had been cancelled,[9] and the following day Netflix confirmed that they were pulling out.

Van Zandt's character Frank Tagliano draws parallels with his character Silvio Dante from the HBO series The Sopranos. They are meant to be different, but most traits are the same between the two.[10]

  1. ^ a b c Andy, Greene (5 December 2013). "How 'Lilyhammer' Changed the TV World". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "'Lilyhammer: The Score.' 3 volume-digital box set". Wicked Cool Records. Wayback Machine. Archived on 25 December 2014. Web. 1 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Frans Bak Scored 'Lilyhammer'". IMDb.
  4. ^ "Norge får "Lilyhammer" først likevel". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 16 January 2012.
  5. ^ "'Lilyhammer' sets new NRK record". Norway International Network. 26 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Steven Van Zandt's 'Lilyhammer' Breaks Ratings Records in Norway". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Netflix 'Lilyhammer' to tv lineup". Deadline.com. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  8. ^ Silverman, Jacob (13 February 2012). "The circuitous return of Steven Van Zandt, wise guy (via Netflix, and Norwegian comedy)]". Politico. New York: Politico, LLC.
  9. ^ "Steven van Zandt" – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "lilyhammer-netflix-hbo-sopranos-steven-van-zandt". Variety.

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